1. Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet from the tan bin.
Read the following sentences.
Then, answer the questions below.
He seemed to grow smaller and smaller each week, if such a thing were possible, and the colour that should have been in his cheeks had drained almost entirely away. His eyes appeared heavy with tears and Bruno thought that one good blink might bring on a torrent.
What words or phrases in the sentences might be context clues that help you determine the meaning of the underlined word.
What do you think the underlined word means?

2. He seemed to grow smaller and smaller each week, if such a thing were possible, and the colour that should have been in his cheeks had drained almost entirely away. His eyes appeared heavy with tears and Bruno thought that one good blink might bring on a torrent.
What is the meaning of the word “torrent” using the context clues?
A downpour.
A tiny spectacle
An impossibility
An aggravation.

3. He seemed to grow smaller and smaller each week, if such a thing were possible, and the colour that should have been in his cheeks had drained almost entirely away. His eyes appeared heavy with tears and Bruno thought that one good blink might bring on a torrent.
What is the meaning of the word “torrent” using the context clues?
A downpour.
A tiny spectacle
An impossibility
An aggravation.
2. Which phrase serves as the strongest context clue for “torrent?”
He seemed to grow smaller and smaller each week
if such a thing were possible
His eyes appeared heavy with tears
thought that one good blink

4. Term:
Torrent
Story:
Picture
Definition:
A downpour
Reminding Word:   

5. Agenda
Objective:
Primary: I can analyze how a particular sentence or chapter fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot (RL.2.5).
I can analyze in detail the structure of a specific paragraph in a text, including the role of particular sentences in developing and refining a key concept (RI.2.5).
Secondary: I can cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. (RI.1.1).
I can determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments (RI.1.2).
Essential Question:
Comparing the texts, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and "First they Came for the Socialists," which structure best depicts the personal tragedy of the Holocaust?
Warm-Up: Context Clues (torrent)
Vocabulary: torrent (LINCS strategy)
Whole Group:
Review stations
Two rotations of the stations
Stations:
Technology: Achieve 3000 (Castro Steps Down; Heroes in Sports, Heroes in Life; Civil War and Reconstruction: For Joe Medicine Crow; Young Artist Shows His Work; Web Site Brings Teens Together- 65 Years Later)
Book-Mind-Heart: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, chapter 13
Independent reading (fill out a “book” for books you have finished reading): Among the Hidden
4. Teacher-led: Strategies and mini-lessons based on DAR data
Closing: Vocabulary Review

6. Quarter 1 Words
1. Multiple: many different types
2. Tuition: money used to pay for private school
3. On the verge: almost, on the edge of doing something
4. Expelled: kicked out of
5. Lecture: a speech, a “talking to”
6. Defiant: won’t do something you are supposed to do
7. Detained: Held against your will (arrested)
8. Prestigious: Something that has a great reputation and is well-respected.
9. All-Consuming: when something takes up all of your time and energy
10. Reflect: to think back on something
11. Plague (verb): to annoy or bother
12. Harsh: unpleasant or uncomfortable
13. Gravitate: To move towards something
14. Juvenile: something made for teens or young people
15. Convicted: found guilty of a crime
16. Suburb: An area surrounding the city where lots of people might live.
17. Rural: In the country.
18. Embody: To put in the form of a body.
19. Fate: Something that is going to happen no matter what.

7. Quarter 2 Words:
1. Savor: To enjoy and appreciate.
2. Lofty: Going way up high in the air.
3. Chiseled: Looks like it is cut out of stone.
4. Insisted: demand something forcefully
5. beckoned: Invited
6. Intellectual: a well-educated person
7. Superstition: a belief that is not based on facts and can be based on fear
8. Umpteenth: used to show that there is a very large number of something
9. Careen: To lean or tip over while in motion
10. Idly: In a lazy way
11. Skittish: nervous
12. Stupefied: so shocked that you can’t think properly
13. Fatigue: Tiredness, weakness or exhaustion
14. Potential: Possible; Capable of being or becoming
15. Surveying: Looking over something very carefully
16. Incredulously: Unbelievably
17. Dole: To hand out
18. Pristine: Spotless
19. Sporadically: Happening occasionally (from time to time; now and then)
20. Competent: Being good at things or capable

8. Quarter 3 Words:
Persecution: To treat horribly, especially for racial, political or religious reasons.
Systematic: Planned out (using a system or plan).
Dismissively: Like it doesn’t matter.
Presume: To make a guess based on the facts.
Desolate: Bare and Empty.
Resigned: To give in to. (To accept something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.)
Exasperation: A state of being angered or irritated with someone.
Foreseeable: Soon. So close you can “see” it.
Conviction: A strongly held opinion or belief.
Customary: Usual; normal (what one normally does)
Insistent: Demanding; forceful
Distinctly: Clearly
Inscription: Words written on a plaque or a monument
Obliged: Made to do something (have to do it)
Discarding: Getting rid of; removing
Diversion: A distraction to change what one is thinking about
Appalingly: To do something with disgust
18. Succession: Sequence. The act of something following something else in order.
19. Mischief: Playfulness; the act of getting in trouble
20. Insolently: Rudely
21. Fond: Having a liking for
22. coincide: occurring at the same time

9. Quarter 4 Words:
Enunciate: To say or pronounce clearly
Disdain: Arrogance and dislike
Deliberately: In a careful and unhurried manner; on purpose
Extravagant: Too fancy; like too much money was spent
Preying: to cause a harmful influence; bothering or worrying
Torrent: a downpour

10. Station Groups Pd 7 TL 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ava Maya Laniah Terri’el Cody
Joseph
Giuseppe
Markus
Mahad
Michael F.
Jonathon
Riayn
Annointcee
Jesus
Derricka
Manuel
Catherine
Jesse
Simeona
Anthony

11. TL (Achieve Questions) 3 (Achieve- Yellow Sheet)
Station Groups Pd 7
TL (Achieve Questions)
1 (BMH- HOTQ/ IR)
2 (BMH- HOTQ/ IR)
3 (Achieve- Yellow Sheet) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ava
Maya
Laniah
Terri’el
Cody
Joseph
Giuseppe
Markus
Mahad
Jonathon
Riayn
Annointcee
Michael F.
Jesus
Manuel
Catherine
Jesse
Simeona
Anthony

12. 3 (Achieve- Yellow Sheet)
Station Groups Pd 7
1 (BMH- HOTQ/ IR)
2 (BMH- HOTQ/ IR)
3 (Achieve- Yellow Sheet)
TL (Achieve Questions) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ava
Maya
Laniah
Terri’el
Chassedy
Cody
Joseph
Giuseppe
Markus
Mahad
Jonathon
Riayn
Annointcee
Michael F.
Jesus
Manuel
Catherine
Jesse
Simeona
Anthony

13. Station Groups Pd 8 TL 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eric Alex Romeo Amani Oraldo Victor
Kidi
Deshawn
Caydence
Aryanna
Regan
Tea
Latashia
Johnnisha
Jade
Michael
Gabriel
Malachi
N’Var
Kaleb

14. TL (Achieve Questions) 3 (Achieve- Yellow Sheet)
Station Groups Pd 8
TL (Achieve Questions)
1 (BMH- HOTQ/ IR)
2 (BMH- HOTQ/ IR)
3 (Achieve- Yellow Sheet) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Eric
Alex
Romeo
Amani
Oraldo
Kidi
Deshawn
Caydence
Aryanna
Regan
Latashia
Johnnisha
Jade
Michael
Tea
Victor
Gabriel
Malachi
N’Var
Kaleb

15. 3 (Achieve- Yellow Sheet)
Station Groups Pd 8
1 (BMH- HOTQ/ IR)
2 (BMH- HOTQ/ IR)
3 (Achieve- Yellow Sheet)
TL (Achieve Questions) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Eric
Alex
Romeo
Amani
Oraldo
Kidi
Deshawn
Caydence
Aryanna
Regan
Latashia
Johnnisha
Jade
Michael
Tea
Victor
Gabriel
Malachi
N’Var
Kaleb

16. Whole Group Discussion:
Book:
Who is telling the story?
What does the author want you to know?
What did you notice about how the author told this story?

17. Whole Group Discussion:
Mind:
What surprised you?
What connections did you make?
What images were most important to you?
What lines created the surprise or connection?

18. Whole Group Discussion:
Heart:
What did you discover about yourself?
What matters most to you in this text or in your conversation?
What did you take to heart?

19. Primary Conversation Topics from Book-Mind-Heart:
Student-Led Book Talk
Primary Conversation Topics from Book-Mind-Heart:
What does the author want you to know?
What surprised you?
How does the conversation at dinner show us that Father likes to play mind games with people he is in charge of?
Group Leader
Keep the conversation moving.
Ensure people are letting each other speak.
Ensure the conversation is civil.
Encourage all members of the discussion group to participate.
Hot Seat
Evaluators
Speakers
Speakers
Evaluators

20. Socratic Seminar Norms
Don’t raise hands but use sensitivity to take turns and not interrupt others
Listen carefully
Address one another respectfully (Yes, sir/ma’am. No, sir/ma’am). Use statements such as, “I understand what Joseph is saying, but…”)
Base any opinions on the text
Address comments to the group (no side conversations)
Be courageous in presenting your own thoughts and reasoning, but be flexible and willing to change your mind in the face of new and compelling evidence
If you are an observer, listen, understand, take notes, evaluate.
Hot Seat: If you are an observer/evaluator and you would like to make a comment, you may move to the “hot seat” to engage in the conversation.

21. Chapter 13
How does the conversation at dinner show us that Father likes to play mind games with people he is in charge of? Support your answer with at least two pieces of evidence from the text. Use elaboration sentences to show how your evidence supports your topic sentence.

22. Closing
Try to remember your reminding word and story for the underlined word, then read the sentence and answer the question below:
The only thing preying on Sylvester’s mind was how to catch the Tweety
Which of the following definitions most closely matches the meaning of the underlined word(s)?
bothering Sylvester
creating Sylvester
hunting Sylvester
pushing Sylvester